Roofing-supporting strip



Patented July 19,1927.

UNITED srnrss 1,636,095; enr-rrr oFFrcn sinne-nnen; newnoorrnssnrPennine Applioeton tiled Hotelier i9, .1.925.

Our invention relates to roofing ior dwellH `ings and other buildings,und particularly to means for supporting such rooting in s. secure andsafe manner, and so as to produce a leasing effect to the eye'.

lin recent years there hss come into very extensive use, as a substitutefor the old wooden shingle root, what are known as composition shingles,which ore composed of a base of felt or other suitable material, whichmay be impregnated with asphalt, and the outer surface of which may becovered with crushed slate or the like. This rooting material is usuallycut either into single shingles,"r into portions known in the tradeas-strip shingles, which simulate several shingles in :i series, und thelowermost corner or o portion of the lov-Jerniost edge, of suchcomposition shingles may be formed into un under'lolded lisp, both i`orthe purpose ot 'forming a "outt-end, which adds to the pleasingappeersnce et' the root, and for the further purpose of providing :ininterlocking Ineens so that the entire series of composition shingles,whether single or strip, may forni unitary rooting.structure As anexample of such s structure -we. refer to Letters Patent No.1,402,36lgrz1nted lo one of the present inventors January 3, 1922.

'Although composition shingles such are above referred to may oi' coursebe used in new buildings,"zi larger lield tor the seine has been in. there-rooiing of old buildings, and the practice is to lay the new root'oi. composition shingles directly over the old roof, which is usuallycomposed ot the old fashioned wooden shingles. 'lhis practice has givencomplete satisfaction up to e comparatively recent time, as thecomposition shingles are ,of suilicient thickness and rigidity tomaintain themselves in :i list position, notwithstanding the irregularstepped surface of the old shingle rooting upon which the new rooting islaid, but it is now Ailioinid that a composition roofing which has heenlaid for e number of years over old4 wooden shingle rooting or the like,end 'which has been exposed to the bestof summer and the frost of winterand to the rein of both sinnmer and winter, tends to beconie softened orweakened to such zinextent to lose the comparative intlexibility whichit lied when irst leid and to seg down more and more 55 'as the seasonspass so that it linelly cornes .tion near the eaves completed by thepleci to follow more or less Aclosely the contour ot 'the wooden shingleroot uponwhioh it is leid, and es the depressions and elevations of 'thewooden shingle root usually do not coincide 'with the butt ends of theeomposi.- stion shingles and the spaces between the seine, on unsightlyeffect is produced.

@ne of the principal objects of our invention is to ohviste the saggingor :tolling of new rooting leid over old shingles or other irregularsurfaces as above referred to, by providing s supporting device adoptedto be placed between the old end new rooings, which supporting deviceshall be of such construction es to form, when placed upon. the oldroofing, a substantially regular surlisce, which supporting strip shellbe simple in construction, light in weight .while suiiiciently strong,and which may be easily and quickly placed in position during the onere7 tion re-rooting.,

rille invention. consists in the novel con struction, arrangement andcoinbinfition, set forth inrthe claims hereof, certain sint-edt` mentsthe seine being illustrated in 'the lll accorti iying drswings :inddescribed in this iication,

l the accompanying drawings,

.l is s. perspective view oi roo' showing" the old shingle root neer'the rid e 95 :t porti` n lower down being provided with stripsconstructed according to oorinven tion leid upon the old shingles, endpoi;-v

oi'the new rooting, comprising in this c- :e il@ strips eecll of whichrepresents four shingles; liig. is s perspective view ol a portion ofone oi: our supporting strips constructed according to one embodiment otour inventions, liig. 3 is s, similar view, showing another embodiment 5Fig. l is e sectional View showing on en enlarged scale s fragment ot'the old and new rooting, withonr supporting strip, in posil tion.;

5 is sy view similar to Fig. 2 showing er embodiment oi' our invention;and lug. li :i siinilnr view showing still angl-,hm embodiment.

lteiterring to Fig, il of Vthe drawings, ll.,

il, reireseigits s portion it 'the root traine, iipon which placed inthe us-'i nummer' i ,f y iurring strips l2, lm, ".loorlei'i rorrnii i"port oli the old rooting. shown i3, and supporting strips,

`Work o 11e-roofing.

its pro er position, thus expeditng .the Other advantages will occur tothose skilled-in the art to wh1ch this invention relates.

We do n ot limit ourselves lto the articular embodimentsof the inventionw ich we haveshown in the accompanying drawings fand described` in thisspecification, as it is obvious that various modifications may be madein the same without departing from the spirit and sco e of our inventiveidea.

Having thus escribed our invention,

what we claim as `new and desire to secure adapted to lie over apre-existing shingle roof aving'a stepped'structuxc; comprising incombination the following elements andA parts: A pre-'formed filling-inmember composed of moldable .material and wedge-shaped in transversecross section,;ywhereby4 it is adapted to lie iny the depressionproduced by one of said steps, whereby a substantiall smooth andunstepped surface is create and a roofing laid over said smooth andunstepped surface..

3. In a roof structure for buildings, a pre-formed filling-in .membercomposed of moldable material and adapted to .create a plane surface byfilling-in irregularities in .a pre-existing roof, said filling-inmember being provided with a groove or.cuto ut.

4. In' a roof structure for buildings, a

'pre-formed filling-in member composed of moldable material and adaptedto create a plane surface by filling in irregularities-in a pre-existingroof, said filling-in member. being provided with a groove or cut-out in.its upper surface adapted to facilitate the `nailing of thesaid stripto said pre-existing.

roof and' to serve as a guide for the insertion of the nails used forsaid purpose.

y In witness whereof. we have hereunto signed our names this 14th day ofSeptember, 1925. j

HENRY GOWEB HOSE. WILLIAM E. EAMSDELL.

